The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-10-15
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

tied Chicago as President he was relieved of his
watch.
A FEMALE member of the Coldwater (Mch.)
Salvation Army has worked on her jersey
JAG ket tho words mo water in hell.
IT is asserted that ninety out of every hun
dred male children born in Ireland at present
are named after Charles Stewart Parnell.
QUEEN EMMA. of Holland is brunette
whose eyes would be very pretty did she not
continually wink when speaking, thus giving
you the impression of preparing for good burst
of tears.
DAISY, Attorney General Garland's daughter,
will be one of tho coming seasons debutantes in
in Washington. Society is wondering if she will
be able to overcome her fathers aversion to the
use of dress coat.
Mr. BLA1NE's youngest daughter will enter
the Pension of Fifty, Avenue de Jena, where
her elder sister was educated. She will not &C.
company the family to the Riviera, where Mr..
Blaine has almost decided upon going.
Mrs. GARFIELD recently remarked that the
only thing that panied her in connection with
the rumors Of her own marriage was that the
public should think that she could so soon prove
false to the memory of General Garfield.
OLD Marshal Butcher Is still warmly remem-
bered by the Prussian people. On the recent
anniversary of his death his statue in Berlin was
covered with laurel. and one aged veteran who
fought under Butcher laid at its feet wreath OF
oak leaves.
us Bishop Taylor a Bishop is the mysterious
topic of discussion in o great many gatherings
of Methodist ministers Bishop Taylor himself,
however, doesn't seem to be much interested IN
the discussion. He 10 too busy doing practical
Christian work.
STEAD, of the Pail Mall Gazette, said of the
hubbub raised over his allusion to the Prince of
Wales ''the fat little bald-headed man in red
clothes" that he. Stead. believed the English
people wouldn't have been half SO much Mortified
had he attacked the Trinity!
THE Saturday Review says that it is COM
ION belief among the lower classes in England
that all patent medicines the property of
the government, being valuable remedies that
have been bought at a great price and sold by
paternal government for the general good.
One of the female attendants at the Palmer
House. Chicago. is responsible for the statement
that the reason Mrs. Cleveland stands well
the physical strain of Handwriting is that she
has pair of Indian clubs with which she exer-
cises just before going to large reception
THE latest "crazy quilt" to challenge fame is
one made by Miss Ella Fike, Of Warrensburg,
NO. 1t contains scraps which came from the
clothing or effects of several Of the Presidents,
and vast multitude of other public men and
noted persons. 1t took four years to construct,
and is brought down to date by containing bits
of ribbon from two of Mrs. Cevelands wedding
bonnets.
JACOB HoFFNER is one of the most interesting
characters in Ohio He lives at Cumminsville.
Although ninety years of age he is active and
w ell-preserved and bids fair to live many years
lon ger. He vas one of the most intimate friends
of President Harrison, tho hero of Ilppecapoe.
Hotfner liz bounced free thinker and is called
''the Ingersol of Ohio" He is a close and brill
liant reasoner, and defends his views with force
much younger men might well envy.
ONE of the marked peculiarities of United
States Senators from the South is their IN will
ineness to remain at their homes after having
IN aah; Gall of
Florida; Pugh and Morgan. Of Alabama; Cock
rell, of Missouri and Jones, of Arkansas, have
been absent from the capital scarcely aday since
Congress adjourned. Some Of them make up
all sorts of excuses for remaining, while others
frankly assert that thsy like Washington better
than any other place on earth.
CONGRESSMAN CHARLEY RUSSELL, of Con-
necticut. few years ago ekine out his slen-
der purse at Yale by reporting for New Haven
newspaper, and he spent a number of years aft
erward on a Worcester newspaper, where the
work hard and the pay dubious The paper
burst up. and Russell quit. That changed
his luck In three years or SO he was elected
Secretary of State of Connecticut. and last fall
elected to Congress. rc father-n-law,
who is a great politician and his own good looks
and good nature brought him luck
A NOTED hotelkeeper in Saratoga, the excel
lence of whose table is a matter of national re-
pute, admits that he grows very tired of hotel
fare at times. "Once in WHILE" be says. II
go and hunt up my steward some other en-
ploye who has his family with him in the village
and say, May go to your house to dinner to-
day?' go there. and as l eat the corned beef
and cabbage, or Irish stew, or whatever the wife
puts before me, l think l tasted food
good. After that eat all my meals at the hotel
for awhile. and then l hunt another old
fashioned dish in some simple little home"
AT a recent meeting of the California pioneers
in San Francisco, Judge Niles Searls delivered
an elaborate euloey the late ex-senator
Aaron A. Sargent containing a complete sketch
of his life The speaker related that on his
VOYAGE to California in 1849 Mr.. Sareent's ship
was delayed for time Rio de Janeiro, and
the Emperor gave reception to the most i'm
portant passengers aboard. Mr. Sargent, not
having q dress coat. was in Quendary. He
wanted to attend the reception. having a news
paper reporters instinct for fine things, but
without a dress coat it would be impossible to
enter the royal mansion. But he had a frock
coat and this he ineeniously pinned
give it the appearance of the swallow-tail gar
ment. The Emperor received the boy, and,
talking to him, became much interested in him.
THE blood comes surRing to the cheek
AS walk through the thoroughfares
At night. and hear the fiddes squeak
n the dancing halls up stairs.
Oh. the pit-a of the tuneful foot
Falls sweety the ear
And the comets ira la oot toot toot
Tells the dancing seasons here
-Boston Courier.